Jerusalem – Haredim protested against the desecration of the Sabbath at the 2019 Eurovision contest at several locations in Jerusalem on Saturday. At one location, the police arrested a suspect for assaulting a policeman and disturbing the peace.
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It was reported on Kan news that in one incident, a taxi driver who was traveling in the area got out of his car and beat the haredim who blocked his way.
In a letter published on Friday, Rabbis Dov Lior, Chaim Steiner and Tzvi Tau protested against Eurovision in general, and specifically against the mass desecration of Shabbat (Sabbath) as a result of it. “We recently learned that Eurovision, which is currently taking place as a public event in the State of Israel, apart from the serious breach of modesty it entails, is also, unfortunately, a mass desecration of Shabbat.”
“This matter is shocking and deeply hurtful and completely contradicts the principles of our existence as a Jewish state,” the rabbis continued. “Since its establishment, the State of Israel has taken upon itself to preserve the sanctity of the Sabbath and the Jewish character in its public space. We cannot accept a situation in which the most elementary values of our people are trampled on all sides.”
“Such phenomena also seriously affect the very foundations of our existence. The secret of the Jewish people lies in its purity, its holiness and its loyalty to its eternal G-dly values. Even when we were in exile we knew how necessary these values were to maintain our existence, and especially during this period in which we’ve been privileged to gather in our land and build the State of Israel.”
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Did you see reports that Bibi has been paying off Hamas for peace during this event? Obviously these people did not get paid off.
Great photos. I like the look on the face of the policemen, “These guys again.”
Why do they care? They don’t have to listen. Did they make up their own minds to protest or are they just following the leader like ducklings behind the mama duck? Its all about conformity, not thinking.
protest in Meah Sharem about something in TA doesn’t do much good, but most of them are kids….
Why are they protesting in Jerusalem? Wasn’t the Eurovision contest in Tel Aviv. Did they at least remember to set aside the stones before shabbos or do they rely on the heter that all the stones in Jerusalem are considered set aside…
These guys are nothing but gangsters and hooligans who are bored out of their mind,leading absolutely empty lives ” no Torah no derech eretz they don’t work don’t learn don’t help in defending their own country where they live.bottom line they are nothing but ignorant savages,what a CHILLUL HASHEM
is there a problem using these pictures
Does everyone notice how gently the cops are handling the Chareidim? Years ago, it wasn’t that way, as the cops were very brutal, vis-a-vis the Chareidim. For example, in 1981, the cops burst into the Toldos Aharon Shul, in Yerushalayim on Shabbos, and brutally beat people inside, breaking bones, and destroying and throwing holy objects out the window. They showed no mercy to anyone, inside, and got away with their dastardly deeds.